written by marieann

I know this would have been more useful over a month ago, but I couldn’t post here before the holiday because then my mom would have seen her Valentines’ Day card. After all, this card could easily be given for other holidays and there’s no reason why you can’t just tell someone you love them on any day. So here’s a not-too-difficult but very cool looking card. There are obviously lots of ways you can personalize this and make it your own, so do it!

Supplies
Fabric scraps
Thread
Cardstock

Tools
Sewing machine
Clear glue
Stick pin

Instructions:
1. Make a small quilt block. You can choose any pattern or style but here I did a twist on the Log Cabin pattern. You can also make a crazy pattern too if you’d like using a more scrappy style. It should be a square. Be sure to press all the seams open.
2. Draw a heart pattern that you like that almost fills your block. Pin to the quilt block and cut out.
3. Pin to a piece of cardstock larger than your heart.
4. Satin stitch around the heart. This means that you take your zig zag stitch and decreased the width and height so that it makes more of a solid line. You will probably want to sew around the entire heart twice to fill in the stitches even more.
5. Sew using a special stitch across the top of your card and along the bottom too for some more prettys.
6. Using a straight pin, poke your loose threads thru the cardstock to the inside of the card.
7. Glue another piece of cardstock in the inside to cover the loose threads.